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GZIP='--rsyncable' tar cvzf bobsbackup.tar.gz /home/bob
time gzip -cd file1.tar.gz 2>~/logfile.txt | pv -t -r -b -W -i 5 -B 8M | bzip2 > file1.tar.bz2 2>>~/logfile .txt